In a study published in HealthAffairs, patients who searched for price information through Aetna’s Member Payment Estimator were significantly more likely to be younger and healthier and to have acquired higher annual deductible spending than patients who did not search for price information.

Patient safety is a top priority for every healthcare organization, but knowing where to direct initiatives can be daunting. To help organizations decide where to focus their efforts, ECRI Institute has compiled its third annual list of the "Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations."

Among 1,000-plus mobile healthcare applications aimed at patients, fewer than half of iOS apps and a little more than a quarter of Android ones are likely to be useful, according to an analysis commissioned by the Commonwealth Fund.

Nuance Communications announced its Dragon Medical One cloud-based platform this week, saying it will produce voice-driven documentation for physicians who dictate information into electronic health records and certain “mobile productivity” applications.